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Arizona's numbers still rank low in education KTVK 3TV Phoenix reported that while most of the attention on Arizona's education woes has centered on the issue of teacher pay, there are other issues plaguing public schools. One of the most pressing is classroom size. |
The Native American vote could be significant Indian Country Today reported that with less than 100 days until Election Day, there are more stories about candidates, about registration drives and about races where the Native vote can make a difference. The national media has caught on to this, with stories in The New York Times, National Public Radio, and Teen Vogue. |
Arizona faces challenges for getting citizens to vote Voter participation is continuing to erode in the United States. The situation here in Arizona is a crisis, according to a study by Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU. In Arizona, only 58 percent of eligible voters turn out on average. |
Arizona teachers seeing first salary increases KTVK 3TV Phoenix reported that Arizona school teachers are returning to classrooms with many of them seeing their first significant pay raise. It took an historic protest with tens of thousands of teachers walking out of the classroom before Gov. Doug Ducey offered a better pay deal, promising a 20 percent raise over the next two years. |
Deadline approaches to register for Arizona's primary elections KVOA NBC4 News in Tucson reported that according to a new report by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona ranked 43rd in the country for voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election, with 56 percent of voters going out to the polls and only 19 percent of millenni |
Study finds only half of millennials register to vote KTAR News reported that a study done by Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU found that despite the fact that millennials outnumber baby boomers in Arizona by about 170,000, only 51 percent of millennials are registered to vote, compared to 74 percent of baby boomers. |
Nearly half of eligible voters in Arizona don’t cast ballots Joseph Garcia, with Tom Collins
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Guv candidate calls for ICE overhaul The Arizona Capitol Times reported on the political risk and potential impact of Arizona Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Garcia calling to overhaul the federal ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) agency. The news article noted: |
Community growth dependent on water management KJZZ reported that the exotic animal park Out of Africa in Camp Verde, Arizona wants to expand to add a hotel, conference center and possibly a water park. For the water park in particular, investors would want assurances the site had a defined water source and buy-in from the community. |